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Electro Harmonix 360 Nano Looper Pedal
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Electro Harmonix 360 Nano Looper Pedal

I’ve spent years chopping up and looping wav files on pro tools/logic, so I though I’d have a play with this pedal. It essentially gives one that chopping facility on the bounce – record a part, loop it, overdub, repeat… The recorded quality of the loops is excellent, and the doesn’t appear to be any…

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Korg Pandora Stomp
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Korg Pandora Stomp

I’ve had a few of the various Pandora models over the years and always found them to be great value.  They always seemed to have some immediately workable tones, portability was great and the instant rhythm track was a handy addition for quick practice. Now I’m not sure if what’s happened with this new Pandora…

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Zoom Powerdrive PD-01
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Zoom Powerdrive PD-01

This 90’s Japanese pedal is somewhat rare and highly thought of. A simple transparent overdrive, it excels at making your existing tone better. The controls are familiar; high, low, drive and level. What’s immediately different to a standard overdrive is the gain dial only breaks the signal up at the very top end of the…

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Wampler Plexi Drive Mk I
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Wampler Plexi Drive Mk I

Critically acclaimed pedal that left me completely cold. Unimpressive, thin sounding overdrive that’s pretty much un-usable..unless you want a shit, thin sounding overdrive. Zero from me I’m afraid, moved it on quickly.

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Ibanez AD9 analogue delay
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Ibanez AD9 analogue delay

So, here’s a pink pedal that you may or may not have seen in your time…built into the same enclosure as the beloved TS9 tubescreamer (from what I gather, 9 is the series for all these boxes) This is an analogue delay, which is a slightly misleading name as its not entirely analogue, due it…

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Belcat Overdrive OVD302
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Belcat Overdrive OVD302

Picked this Ibanez TS9 clone up cheap in a pawn shop, not expecting much from it when also receiving change from a tenner. The sound surprised the hell out of me; it’s incredibly good. It’s full of dynamics, responding very pleasingly to pick attack and cleaning up well when backing the guitar volume off. The…

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Boss DS-1 myth…
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Boss DS-1 myth…

Many moons back when I was a little lad and my old man used to play guitar very loudly at home through a 74′ Twin Reverb, whenever I tried to use the amp, it sounded as clean as a whistle, just pop music central…then I realised that a little orange box transformed the sound from…

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Behringer VT911 Tube Overdrive
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Behringer VT911 Tube Overdrive

Saw this on eBay brand new in the box for £15 so it had to be worth a punt. Straight out of the box impressions: Huge range of gain More fuzz than overdrive Nicely built for the money       After half an hour of fiddling I couldn’t seem to find a setting that didn’t…

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Laney AOR50 Series II head & cab
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Laney AOR50 Series II head & cab

All valve head (4 pre 12ax7 and 2 power) and matching 2×12″ cabinet. Was working…came out of storage after ten years…wasn’t working. Sounded shit in the first place so not much lost.                  

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Ibanez Valbee 5w all tube combo amp
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Ibanez Valbee 5w all tube combo amp

I discovered this model while searching for a home tube amp (i.e. low wattage) that had an fx loop.  There’s not much to be found online in terms of manufacturer information, I guess they withdrew it, and it wouldn’t be surprising if it was down to the fact that it looks awful and didn’t sell…

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1946 RSA U46 Valve Amp (Selmer)
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1946 RSA U46 Valve Amp (Selmer)

Original 1946 2 input valve amp.                               

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DopeFX Everything Zen & Black Lotus Overdrive Pedals
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DopeFX Everything Zen & Black Lotus Overdrive Pedals

Two really nice pedals, both in the field of rich fluid overdrive tones. Handmade in the UK, lovely artwork and they sound great for the money.  

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Caline Crazy Cacti Overdrive
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Caline Crazy Cacti Overdrive

Mosfet style clone pedal from China. Weak points – pots feel cheap, switches a bit slack, lacks quality in tone across all the settings.  Strong points – reasonably impressive clear mid overdrive for the money, boost switch works well, I picked it up cheap (they’re only £25 new on eBay). Overall it creates some really…

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Engl Thunder 50 head & 2×12″ cab
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Engl Thunder 50 head & 2×12″ cab

I had this head and cab around 2004/2005  and have no close up photos of the whole rig. It’s a shame as it’s probably my favourite amp set up I’ve ever had. The rack unit I used with this featured: TC Electronic G Major Line 6 Filter Pro rack Late 1970’s MXR graphic EQ (blue…

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Dunlop High Gain Volume
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Dunlop High Gain Volume

Does what it says on the tin, solidly built, worked fine.

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Wienbrock 1×12″ cab
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Wienbrock 1×12″ cab

Wienbrock amps and speaker cabs are hand made in Yorkshire, UK, and the quality is outstanding. This solidly built cabinet is loaded with a Celestion Greenback speaker and offers a full rich tone that belies it’s small size. It enhanced every amp I ran through it.              

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Hush Systems “The Pedal”
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Hush Systems “The Pedal”

The best guitar Noisegate ever made? Quite possibly. This pedal was handmade in the USA before Rocktron acquired it and mass produced it. It’s simple: two separate selectable noisegates with one dial each. Turn to desired level, play. What it does beautifully is retain the tone and release/decay incredibly naturally.            

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Klon Centaur DIY clone
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Klon Centaur DIY clone

The Klon Centaur is arguably the most desired pedal in guitar history, so it was only a matter of time before China delivered copycats. This DIY kit was bought off eBay and comes with everything one needs to build the entire pedal at home. It took a little preparation, mainly down to separating and organising…

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Washburn/Drive VGA15
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Washburn/Drive VGA15

The closest solid state gets to real valves. I got really lucky with this one…..it was advertised on eBay for local collection only, just down the road from ours, and as spares n repairs. The description read “we’ve plugged it in and the red light comes on but we’ve got no way of testing it”……it…

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Rothwell Love Squeeze
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Rothwell Love Squeeze

A perfect guitar compressor, handbuilt in the UK. Turn it on, find the sweet spot, play.           

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DopeFX Centaurus Klon Klone
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DopeFX Centaurus Klon Klone

Handbuilt in the UK, this cost effective pedal does an excellent job of emulating what is probably the world’s most desirable overdrive pedal.    Having had this 12 months or so I sold it rashly one day, and only a couple of months later I saw it back up for sale with another owner so I…

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2001 Electro Harmonix Mogwai Big Muff
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2001 Electro Harmonix Mogwai Big Muff

Just 100 of these Mogwai Big Muff pedals were produced for marketing purposes, in support of Mogwai’s 2001 album Rock Action. They come in a wooden box with the usual Electro Harmonix case candy/sticker with custom Mogwai graphics on the box and the pedal itself. Most sources say the electric gubbins inside is just a standard…

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Jetter Red Square Dual Overdrive
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Jetter Red Square Dual Overdrive

Awesome handbuilt transparant overdrive.  Both sides of the pedal offer subtlely different tones. The “blue” side is a very tone rich, warm overdrive. It can be pushed for some fantastic gritty, edgy drive, but I found it worked best as a cleaner boost. With the volume high, gain low and voicing on the rich side…

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Hayden Mini Mofo 15w Class A Valve Amp
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Hayden Mini Mofo 15w Class A Valve Amp

I was a touch disappointed at first with this Hayden amp. Long story short, it takes a good while for it to warm up, much longer than most all valve amps I’ve played. It’s a case of turn it on, go make a big pot of tea, smoke a couple of ciggies, have a nosey…

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